54 GARDEN PLANNING 



deviation in the path without altering its 

 direction, as the path may enter the square 

 at one corner, and leave it by the diagonally 

 opposite corner. (Fig. 4.) Beds 

 in grass, when set near its 

 boundary, should be allowed 

 a verge of at least eighteen 

 inches, to prevent difficulties 

 in mowing. The use of circles 

 and parts of circles, as well as 

 of figures in which the angles 

 are equal and not less than 

 a right angle — the hexagon, 

 for example — is not opposed 

 to the rectilinear system of 

 treatment. They become mere 

 details, in no special way related to the lead- 

 ing lines of the garden plan. 



Though the principal borders should usurp 

 the best position in the garden, there is no 

 reason why the gardener should not make a 

 border in the shade, where he may grow such 

 plants as thrive best under that condition. 

 The foot of a southern boundary fence is well 

 suited for a shady border, because it is warm 

 as well as shady. Ferns, lily-of-the-valley, 



Fig. 4. — Expansion 

 of path 



